MORE WATER WELLS. Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (right) joins city and Metro Dumaguete Water officials in the groundbreaking of the new pumping station and reservoir project in Barangay Camanjac. Two new deep will be built this year to address the city's 14-million liter a day of water deficit. (Photo courtesy of Metro Dumaguete Water) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) is building two more pumping stations with deep wells to address the water supply deficit of 14 million liters a day here. MDW spokesperson Kate Young Ricardo told the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday that the two pumping stations will be built in Barangays Camanjac and Talay. "These additional deep wells will serve the needs of 35,000 households in their service areas," Ricardo said. The first to be built is the Barangay Cadawinonan pumping station, scheduled to start next month, she added. "The other reservoir will also follow soon so that MDW can accomplish its target of p
WATER SUPPLY. This undated photo shows one of the generator sets of the Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) in its pumping station in Barangay Bajumpandan in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. On Wednesday (March 22, 2022), the MDW reassured its clients of uninterrupted water supply despite ongoing power outages and a low power voltage from the Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) on Wednesday reassured its clients served by seven pumping stations here of uninterrupted water supply amid an unstable electrical supply or low voltage by the Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (NORECO II). Current intermittent water interruptions are in areas served by Pumping Stations 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, and 2A. "There could be less pressure at certain times of the day due to the unstable power, but we assure our clients of uninterrupted service because all of these pumping stations have their own generator sets," said Ka
WATER WOES. Metro Dumaguete Water COO David Berba shows to the media in a press briefing on Thursday (March 17, 2022) the distribution of pumping stations, reservoirs, and deep wells in Dumaguete City. The water utility firm said it will be adding two deep wells starting this year to address the water supply deficit in the city. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) on Thursday said it will start building two additional deep wells to address the water supply deficit here. MDW chief operating officer Angelo David Berba said the MDW currently is supplying the city with 41 million liters/day (MLD) of water which is not enough to serve its clients. "Unfortunately, we have a demand gap of 18 MLD, equivalent to 18,000 households," Berba said in a press briefing. To address this deficit, the MDW will be building between 2022 and 2023 two deep wells equivalent to a total of 8 MLD daily supply, he said. A survey is ongoing for the location of
WATER RATE HIKE. People line up to fetch water from a tanker in this Feb. 8, 2022 photo while a pumping station in Barangay Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City, was being fixed. The Dumaguete City Water District has postponed a water rate hike due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Typhoon Odette onslaught, and rising fuel prices. (Photo courtesy of Metro Dumaguete Water) DUMAGUETE CITY - A scheduled water rates adjustment that will be effective here next month has been put on hold. Kate Young, spokesperson of Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW), told the Philippine News Agency on Monday that the Dumaguete City Water District (DCWD) has deferred the water rate hike to help the people who are still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, and the current hike in fuel prices. MDW is a joint public-private venture between Metro Pacific Water and the DCWD, although the latter still has the authority over certain administrative matters, among other things, Young said. In a
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) on Monday, Feb. 8, assured its clients that efforts are being made to fast-track the replacement of a broken pumping station as it deploys water tankers to areas affected by an unforeseen water service interruption. MDW, a joint venture between Metro